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Fantasy Annotation

Stars of Fortune By: Nora Roberts
Berkley Books
314 pages
ISBN 9780425280102
Synopsis: Long ago three goddesses made three stars for a newborn princess knowing that she would be good and he stars powers would be use for good. Evil goddess Nerezza decided she wanted the powers to herself to rule the worlds. To keep this from happening the goddess sisters brought the stars down and sent them in three separate "safe spaces" to be later found to fulfill their destiny. On present day earth Sasha Riggs is a painter who paints fantastic pictures from her dreams. Bothered by her dreams Sasha sets off to find out if there is more to them. Upon meeting five "strangers" Sasha realizes her dreams are more vision than dream. The five band together to form a powerful search team in charge of finding the Stars of Fortune hidden by the Goddess sisters. Nerezza's darkness lurks everywhere and threatens to disband the team before they can really come to trust one another.
Fantasy Appeals: 

  • World-building: Roberts has created a larger universe with multiple worlds and gods.
  • Magic: Stars of Fortune contains the magic of gods, immortals, witches, and power from inanimate objects
  • Good vs. Evil Storyline: The goddesses of light who created the stars as well as Sasha and her team are definitely good up against the evil Nerezza who wants to rule the worlds with darkness
  • Main protagonist's journey of discovery: Sasha Riggs does not know her own strength and only begins to discover what she can do after meeting her team and going up against Nerezza
  • Language: The wording and word choice is very stylistic. Not exactly how we would talk in everyday language.
  • High Fantasy Subgenre:
    • Sash Riggs and her team are on a quest to save the world and other worlds in the universe.
Read-Alikes:
List from NoveList Plus database accessed through IndyPL Ilibrary databases.

1. Night Embrace by: Sherrilyn Kenyon
2. Primal Desire by: Susan Sizemore
3. The unfortunate Miss Fortunes by: Jennifer Cruise
4. Rogue magic by: Kit Brisby
5. The perfect gift by: Christina Skye

Comments

  1. Erin CataldiMarch 27, 2017 at 6:21 AM

    You know... I had never realized that this was a fantasy novel. I've seen this checked out at the library but I never read the synopsis. I just saw Nora Roberts and assumed that it would be a romance. That shows me to judge a book based on it's cover! Great job on your annotation! Full points!

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